Descriptive Text

Describing Historical Landmarks

​Descriptive Text

​Definition

Descriptive Text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like.

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Purpose

• ​To describe person, thing or place in specific

• To describe a particular person, thing or place.

Generic Structure

• ​Identification: (contains about the introduction of a person, place, animal or object will be described.)

• ​Description: contains a description of something such as animal, things, place or person by describing its features, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer describes.

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​Language Features

• ​Specific participant : has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one). for example: Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple, uncle Jim

• The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun, for example: a beautiful beach, a handsome man, the famous place in Jepara, etc.

• The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is simple present because it tells the fact of the object described.

• Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut etc.)

​Identify the generic structure of the following text

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​​Borobudur is one of historical buildings in Indonesia. It is considered to be the world’s largest Buddhist temple for its size (15129 m²) and height (34.5m). It is located in Magelang, Central Java. Not only it became a well known tourism destination to a lot of travelers around the world, Borobudur Temple is also included in UNESCO list of world heritage site.

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​Borobudur temple consists of six square floors and three circular floors which arranged accordingly and make it to be stair-like layers that you have to climb one by one to reach the top of the temple. In the middle of the floor, you will find small stairwell with couples of stairs connecting each floor that you can use as a passage to go to the top. On each level of the floor, there are a lot of relief panels and Buddha statues spread around it. Based on the data, there are 2.672 panels and 504 statues in total. There is a dome located on the top center of the temple and is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa. It is said that, if you place your hand into the stupa through one of its hole and you can touch the Buddha statue, you will be able to make one of your dream come true.

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​Answer the following questions.

1. What is the text about?

2. What is the purpose of the text above?

3. ​Where borobudur temple takes place?

4. ​What is the main idea of paragraph 1 and 2?

5. It is located in Magelang. The underlined word refers to ...

6. ​Not only it became a well known tourism destination to a lot of travelers around the world, Borobudur Temple is also included in UNESCO list of world heritage site. The underlined word means ...

Multiple Choice

Where is Copacabana Beach located?

• It is located on the east coast of Brazil.

• It is located in the north, at Porto Seis.

• It is located 4 km from Postos Dois.

• It is behind Sugarcane Mountain.

• It is located in Fort Copacabana.

Multiple Choice

From the first paragraph, we can infer that...

• Copacabana Beach is one of the most visited beaches on the Earth.

• Copacabana Beach is one of the cleanest beaches in the world.

• Copacabana Beach is attractive because it is located in Brazil.

• Copacabana Beach is visited because it is located in Brazil.

• People can only visit Copacabana Beach in summer.

Multiple Choice

"It matches the clear blue of the sea-water." (Paragraph 3) The word "It" in this sentence refers to...

• Visitors

• The beach

• Its white sand

• fantastic weather

• Copacabana Beach

Multiple Choice

What can we infer about a promenade?

• A pavement for people to walk along.

• A street that run parallel to a beach.

• A volleyball court on the beach

• A sports centre on the beach.

• A pipe line to the sea

Multiple Choice

What is TRUE about Copacabana beach?

• It faces the Pacific ocean.

• Copacabana Beach was opened in 1779.

• We only find a promenade at Copacabana Beach.

• It is visited by more people than other oceans in the world.

• It is situated between Sugarloaf Mountain and the lifeguard tower.

​KWL Method

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